Scottish Executive

Cancer

Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what the current waiting times are for first appointments with cancer consultants and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last 10 years, broken down by health board.

Susan Deacon: Information on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment is not collected centrally in the form requested.

  There is no recognised specialty of "cancer consultant". Patients in whom a diagnosis of cancer is suspected are referred by their general practitioner (or on occasion by hospital clinicians) to specialist physicians or surgeons dependent on the nature of their condition, including, for example, in cardio-thoracic surgery, urology or dermatology.

  Information on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment following a general practitioner referral, by specialty, are published annually in Scottish Health Statistics which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. no. 6937) and on Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW) at www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd.

  The Scottish Cancer Group is preparing a cancer plan for Scotland, which will be published by March 2001. The plan will include national targets for maximum waiting times.

Cancer

Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive, for each of the last three years, how many lung cancer patients in (a) Scotland and (b) each health board area have survived (i) six months and (ii) 12 months beyond diagnosis.

Susan Deacon: The tables show the numbers of people in Scotland diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 and the numbers alive after (i) six months and (ii) 12 months after diagnosis for (a) Scotland and (b) each health board in Scotland.

  


Year of diagnosis 1995 
  



Health Board 
  

Number of people diagnosed 
  with lung cancer 
  

People alive 6 months 
  after diagnosis 
  

People alive 12 months 
  after diagnosis 
  



Argyll & Clyde 
  

440 
  

167 
  

93 
  



Ayrshire & Arran 
  

330 
  

114 
  

67 
  



Borders 
  

81 
  

28 
  

16 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

138 
  

45 
  

30 
  



Fife 
  

303 
  

106 
  

59 
  



Forth Valley 
  

228 
  

79 
  

48 
  



Grampian 
  

385 
  

184 
  

110 
  



Greater Glasgow 
  

1,142 
  

400 
  

218 
  



Highland 
  

135 
  

52 
  

31 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

462 
  

143 
  

93 
  



Lothian 
  

696 
  

275 
  

172 
  



Orkney 
  

8 
  

4 
  

3 
  



Shetland 
  

15 
  

4 
  

3 
  



Tayside 
  

348 
  

137 
  

90 
  



Western Isles 
  

31 
  

13 
  

7 
  



Scotland 
  

4,742 
  

1,751 
  

1,040 
  



  


Year of diagnosis 1996 
  



Health Board 
  

Number of people diagnosed 
  with lung cancer 
  

People alive 6 months 
  after diagnosis 
  

People alive 12 months 
  after diagnosis 
  



Argyll & Clyde 
  

434 
  

152 
  

87 
  



Ayrshire & Arran 
  

322 
  

110 
  

56 
  



Borders 
  

101 
  

36 
  

21 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

142 
  

51 
  

30 
  



Fife 
  

317 
  

112 
  

67 
  



Forth Valley 
  

255 
  

93 
  

51 
  



Grampian 
  

365 
  

174 
  

105 
  



Greater Glasgow 
  

1,149 
  

432 
  

250 
  



Highland 
  

156 
  

78 
  

46 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

531 
  

193 
  

114 
  



Lothian 
  

682 
  

266 
  

159 
  



Orkney 
  

15 
  

7 
  

4 
  



Shetland 
  

11 
  

6 
  

3 
  



Tayside 
  

369 
  

137 
  

84 
  



Western Isles 
  

26 
  

10 
  

6 
  



Scotland 
  

4,875 
  

1,857 
  

1,083 
  



  


Year of diagnosis 1997 
  



Health Board 
  

Number of people diagnosed 
  with lung cancer 
  

People alive 6 months 
  after diagnosis 
  

People alive 12 months 
  after diagnosis 
  



Argyll & Clyde 
  

410 
  

161 
  

87 
  



Ayrshire & Arran 
  

380 
  

141 
  

71 
  



Borders 
  

76 
  

36 
  

19 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

126 
  

53 
  

25 
  



Fife 
  

272 
  

119 
  

67 
  



Forth Valley 
  

183 
  

68 
  

43 
  



Grampian 
  

370 
  

156 
  

96 
  



Greater Glasgow 
  

1,037 
  

380 
  

237 
  



Highland 
  

154 
  

67 
  

48 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

489 
  

190 
  

96 
  



Lothian 
  

694 
  

296 
  

166 
  



Orkney 
  

15 
  

6 
  

5 
  



Shetland 
  

8 
  

3 
  

3 
  



Tayside 
  

363 
  

142 
  

90 
  



Western Isles 
  

24 
  

9 
  

4 
  



Scotland 
  

4,601 
  

1,827 
  

1,057 
  



  Notes:

  1. Data were extracted from the Scottish Cancer Registry on 4 January 2001.

  2. Because cancer registration is a dynamic process, the data presented here may differ from previous extracts relating to the same time period.

  3. The numbers above include cases identified by death certificate only (DCO) for which survival time is unknown but is taken to be zero.

Cancer

Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being invested in the current year in lung cancer treatment in (a) Scotland and (b) each health board area and how much was invested in each of the last three years.

Susan Deacon: Cancer is a priority for the NHSScotland. Health boards receive an annual general revenue allocation. It is a matter for health boards to determine within the funds available how to manage and deliver local health care services that best meet the assessed needs of their patient populations. Details of specific investment in cancer services in health board areas are not held centrally.

  The Scottish Executive has invested £13.2 million modernisation funding to provide new and replacement linear accelerator equipment for radiotherapy. In June last year, I announced the first round of equipment purchases totalling £5.8 million, to buy four linear accelerators and three simulators. Decisions on allocating the balance of £7.4 million have still to be taken and will be informed by a future needs assessment process that is currently ongoing.

  In August 2000 I also announced a further £16 million for new MRI scanners and other imaging equipment to speed up diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Cancer

Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make provision for continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy in any new investment it makes in lung cancer treatment.

Susan Deacon: Our National Health: A plan for action; a plan for change published on 14 December 2000 clearly sets out the Executive’s overall aims for a better integrated and responsive NHSScotland which puts patients first. The plan sets out a significant programme of work to be undertaken by NHSScotland and the Executive, including the publication of a comprehensive Scottish Cancer Plan by March 2001.

  The Executive’s linear accelerator modernisation programme, with the accompanying investment of £13.2 million will mean that clinicians working across the cancer networks will be better able to aim towards bringing the benefits of new and emerging treatments to their patients.

  It is precisely because we are aware of issues such as CHART that we have pledged to bring forward the Scottish Cancer Plan. This plan will look ahead over the next 5-10 years and will consider how best to meet the challenges posed by cancer, including prevention, early detection, treatment and care for people with cancer.

Cancer

Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on research into the treatment of and possible cures for mesothelioma in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) 1999-2000 and how much is expected to be spent in 2000-01 and 2001-02.

Susan Deacon: Details of expenditure on all research into the treatment and possible cures for mesothelioma are not held centrally.

  The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Executive Health Department has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health services and patient care within the NHSScotland. CSO is not currently funding any research into the treatment of and possible cures for mesothelioma but would be pleased to receive research applications which would be subject to the usual peer group and committee review.

  Cancer is one of three clinical priorities for the NHSScotland and a specific research priority. The Executive’s approach to cancer research in general is set out in my answer to question S1W-10110.

Contraception

Mr Gil Paterson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to allow the emergency contraceptive Levonelle to be made available to children over 12 years of age by school nurses without parental consent in any area of Scotland.

Susan Deacon: Nurses can only provide medication where authorised to do so under a Patient Group Direction, issued by their NHS Trust. Whether any such Direction would extend to emergency contraception would be for health boards and NHS Trusts to consider in the light of local needs. In all their actions, health professionals will have regard to issues of confidentiality and consent. As noted in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change , the Executive expects each health board to work in partnership with local authorities and voluntary organisations to ensure that young people have access to a range of sexual health support and services.

Doctors

George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors left employment in the NHS in the Argyll and Clyde Health Board area in each of the last three years; what the reasons were for such departures, and what the equivalent figure was for every other health board area in each of these years.

Susan Deacon: The number of career grade doctors who left NHS employment in each of the last three years are shown in the following tables, together with the reasons for leaving. The table contains the latest data available and should be read in conjunction with the notes below.

  Table 1: Career grade doctors in the NHSiS by Health Board

  Reasons for leaving employment in 1996-97

  




Retiral / Death 
  

Transfer / Secondment 
  

End of contract / Redundancy 
  / Redeployment 
  

Promotion 
  

Leaving medicine 
  

Unknown 
  



Argyll & Clyde  
  

 3 
  

 6 
  

 1 
  

-  
  

 1 
  

 11 
  



Ayrshire & Arran  
  

 5 
  

 4 
  

 1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

 7 
  



Borders  
  

-  
  

-  
  

 1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

 1 
  



Dumfries & Galloway  
  

 2 
  

 2 
  

-  
  

 1 
  

-  
  

 3 
  



Fife  
  

 7 
  

 4 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

 10 
  



Forth Valley  
  

-  
  

 3 
  

-  
  

 2 
  

 1 
  

 7 
  



Grampian  
  

 4 
  

 4 
  

 3 
  

-  
  

 1 
  

 5 
  



Greater Glasgow  
  

 24 
  

 7 
  

 6 
  

 4 
  

-  
  

 38 
  



Highland  
  

 2 
  

 1 
  

 2 
  

-  
  

-  
  

 4 
  



Lanarkshire  
  

 7 
  

 6 
  

 2 
  

 1 
  

-  
  

 12 
  



Lothian  
  

 18 
  

 10 
  

 7 
  

 2 
  

-  
  

 19 
  



Orkney  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  



Shetland  
  

 1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  



Tayside  
  

 6 
  

 2 
  

 3 
  

-  
  

 1 
  

 5 
  



Western Isles  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  



  Table 2: Career grade doctors in the NHSiS by Health Board

  Reasons for leaving employment in 1997-98

  




Retiral / Death 
  

Transfer / Secondment 
  

End of contract / Redundancy 
  / Redeployment 
  

Promotion 
  

Leaving medicine 
  

Pregnancy 
  

Unknown 
  



Argyll & Clyde  
  

3 
  

2 
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

18 
  



Ayrshire & Arran  
  

7 
  

2 
  

2 
  

4 
  

-  
  

-  
  

18 
  



Borders  
  

1 
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

3 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

-  
  

1 
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

5 
  



Fife  
  

1 
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

16 
  



Forth Valley  
  

-  
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

7 
  



Grampian  
  

6 
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

14 
  



Greater Glasgow  
  

8 
  

5 
  

3 
  

3 
  

1 
  

-  
  

46 
  



Highland  
  

4 
  

3 
  

-  
  

-  
  

3 
  

-  
  

6 
  



Lanarkshire  
  

 4 
  

 3 
  

 5 
  

-  
  

-  
  

 1 
  

 4 
  



Lothian  
  

 6 
  

 13 
  

 5 
  

 2 
  

-  
  

 1 
  

 36 
  



Orkney  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

 1 
  



Shetland  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  



Tayside  
  

 3 
  

 3 
  

 1 
  

 1 
  

 1 
  

-  
  

 18 
  



Western Isles  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  



  Table 3: Career grade doctors in the NHSiS by Health Board

  Reasons for leaving employment in 1998-99

  




Retiral / Death 
  

Transfer / Secondment 
  

End of contract / Redundancy 
  / Redeployment 
  

Promotion 
  

Leaving medicine 
  

Unknown 
  



Argyll & Clyde  
  

2 
  

6 
  

1 
  

-  
  

1 
  

9 
  



Ayrshire & Arran  
  

7 
  

4 
  

12 
  

-  
  

-  
  

29 
  



Borders  
  

1 
  

6 
  

-  
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  



Dumfries & Galloway  
  

4 
  

4 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

10 
  



Fife  
  

7 
  

2 
  

-  
  

3 
  

-  
  

5 
  



Forth Valley  
  

4 
  

6 
  

3 
  

2 
  

1 
  

4 
  



Grampian  
  

5 
  

7 
  

-  
  

1 
  

1 
  

8 
  



Greater Glasgow  
  

26 
  

12 
  

1 
  

2 
  

1 
  

14 
  



Highland  
  

1 
  

1 
  

1 
  

3 
  

-  
  

5 
  



Lanarkshire  
  

6 
  

8 
  

6 
  

3 
  

-  
  

5 
  



Lothian  
  

13 
  

18 
  

9 
  

2 
  

1 
  

10 
  



Orkney  
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

1 
  



Shetland  
  

1 
  

1 
  

-  
  

1 
  

-  
  

 1 
  



Tayside  
  

11 
  

9 
  

1 
  

-  
  

1 
  

11 
  



Western Isles  
  

-  
  

1 
  

-  
  

-  
  

-  
  

1 
  



  Note:

  Information refers to the year ending at the census point of 30 September.

  Data for Special Health Boards is not included

  Reason for leaving is difficult to obtain from leavers. Large proportions of records held centrally are therefore registered as unknown.

Education

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister intends to visit Lockerbie Primary School and Lockerbie Academy when he is next in Dumfries and Galloway.

Henry McLeish: I have no immediate plans to visit Dumfries and Galloway, but I hope that it may be possible to visit the area at some point later in the year.

Employment

Trish Godman (West Renfrewshire) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what recent meetings it has held with trade union representatives and the work force at Royal Ordnance Bishopton over its future and what the outcome was of any such meetings.

Ms Wendy Alexander: I met local and national trade union representatives on 22 January to discuss the future of Royal Ordnance Bishopton. I agreed to discuss their concerns about the possible public costs of closing the site for propellent manufacture with Scotland Office and Ministry of Defence colleagues. The Trade Unions agreed that the work of the Bishopton Working Group into possible alternative uses of the site should proceed.

Exam Results

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to stop publishing league tables of school examination results.

Mr Jack McConnell: The Scottish Executive does not publish league tables of school examination results.

Exam Results

Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools (a) 10 or more pupils and (b) 15 or more pupils achieved A passes in Higher History last year.

Mr Jack McConnell: Pre-appeal results for the 2000 exams show that 19 schools had 10 or more pupils achieve A passes in Higher History. Of these, seven schools had 15 or more pupils achieve A passes.

Fertility Treatment

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4313 by Susan Deacon on 24 February 2000, when it plans to review progress on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services published in February 2000.

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7571 by Susan Deacon on 16 June 2000, what progress has been made in ensuring equity of access to infertility services and treatment across Scotland.

Susan Deacon: The Scottish Executive Health Department is currently conducting an exercise to determine the extent to which health boards have implemented the recommendations contained in the report.

Food Standards

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the introduction of country of origin labelling.

Susan Deacon: On matters of food safety and standards the Scottish Executive is advised by the Food Standards Agency. For foodstuffs generally the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 only require origin labelling where it is needed to avoid misleading consumers, for example where items on a label, such as a country or place name in the name of a food or use of a flag or other emblem, imply a different origin. The agency is pressing for changes in EU rules to extend the range of foods on which origin labelling would be compulsory, including processed foods. It is also seeking changes in order to widen international standards in Codex Alimentarius; a UK discussion paper will be debated at the May meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling.

Health

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9867 by Susan Deacon on 8 January 2001, what guidelines it has made available to health boards to ensure that the services obtained from sources other than the NHS deliver value for money and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Susan Deacon: Boards and Trusts are under a general requirement to make best use of their resources to provide for the needs of their populations, it is not necessary to issue particular guidance in relation to services obtained from sources other than the NHS.

Health

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to incorporate in-patient planning and bed management within a wider plan to develop network systems and an electronic patient record.

Susan Deacon: The NHSScotland Information Management and Technology Strategy is currently being revised.

  Telecommunications networks will increasingly be used on a local and national basis to support in-patient planning and bed management. An example is the Wardwatcher system which links Intensive Care Units across Scotland to a central database of ICU beds. The Scottish Executive supports Eand funds where appropriate Ethe development of such systems.

  Electronic Patient Records are being developed to hold patient specific demographic and clinical information relating to a single episode of care, and is therefore not relevant to in-patient planning or bed management.

Health Technology Board for Scotland

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8411 by Susan Deacon on 13 July 2000, what advice it has received from the Health Technology Board regarding the clinical and cost effectiveness of beta interferon as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and whether it will place a copy of any such advice in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Susan Deacon: A copy of a letter from the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) giving an update on its work to provide advice to NHSScotland on the clinical and cost effectiveness of beta interferon as a treatment for multiple sclerosis has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre.

Homelessness

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many rough sleepers there are in Edinburgh.

Jackie Baillie: : In May 1997 a streetcount of people sleeping rough in Edinburgh found 42 individuals. However streetcounts are generally regarded as unreliable as they depend on the number and local knowledge of those counting, the time of year and the areas covered by the count.

  I am aware that the Edinburgh Streetwork Project has recently published a report which indicates 87 individuals known to be sleeping outdoors in 2000 Ea reduction from 125 individuals identified in 1999.

Homelessness

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what facilities are available for rough sleepers in Edinburgh.

Jackie Baillie: Information on the full range of facilities and services available to rough sleepers can be obtained from the City of Edinburgh Council.

  Projects in Edinburgh funded under the Rough Sleepers Initiative include the provision of integrated housing, social work and health services at the Single Access Point; a wet hostel providing accommodation and support for rough sleepers with alcohol problems; the Cowgate day and night centre; direct access provision; supported move-on accommodation, some with intense support for drug users; and resettlement and outreach.

Homelessness

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are sufficient hostel places available for homeless people in Edinburgh.

Jackie Baillie: In June 2000, through the Rough Sleepers Initiative, the Executive allocated £1.32 million to the City of Edinburgh Council, to provide additional interim and permanent direct access accommodation in Edinburgh. This allocation was in recognition that there were insufficient hostel places in the city. Temporary winter shelter arrangements have been in operation in the city pending the development of the interim direct access accommodation.

Homelessness

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what analysis it has done of the efficacy of the Rough Sleepers Initiative.

Jackie Baillie: An interim evaluation of the RSI was published in June 1999. During 2001 we shall be carrying out local rough sleepers prevalence studies alongside an assessment of services and accommodation available to people who are sleeping rough. This will enable an assessment to be made of the extent to which services are meeting needs.

Influenza

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the anti-influenza drug Relenza will be made available to high risk patients.

Susan Deacon: Zanamivir (Relenza) is available on the NHS to treat at-risk adults. The use of this medicine depends on the clinical judgement of the medical practitioner concerned, informed by evidence and advice about its use including guidance issued by the Scottish Executive Health Department on 8 December 2000.

Learning Disabilities

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children in secondary education have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Attention Deficit Disorder in each local authority from 1997 to date.

Nicol Stephen: Data is not collected in the School Census on children who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity or Attention Deficit Disorder. Information on numbers of pupils with special educational needs is categorised by severity of general learning difficulty.

Ministerial Correspondence

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Health and Community Care will answer my letter of 4 April 2000 regarding pay review body staff.

Susan Deacon: I replied to your letter of 4 April on 28 April. I have arranged for a copy to be forwarded to you.

NHS Funding

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the NHSiS budget for the current year and the previous two years came from cash raised from sales of former hospital sites.

Susan Deacon: Health boards and NHS Trusts raised £26.8 million and £24.2 million from the disposal of fixed assets in 1998-99 and 1999-2000 respectively. Income from the sale of fixed assets totalling £14.6 million is anticipated in 2000-01.

  These resources are reinvested in patient care in the NHSScotland and augment the resources made available for capital investment.

NHS Trusts

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHSiS Trusts have information systems in place to provide real-time information for hospital staff on current and planned use of key resources to help plan patient admissions effectively.

Susan Deacon: All NHS Trusts have systems in place to manage the use of key resources and plan patient admissions.

  However, the use of real-time systems for these purposes is at an early stage. It is important for the development of such systems to be consistent with other systems within each Trust. The Health Department is working with NHS Trusts to take such developments forward.

NHS Waiting Lists

Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients are currently waiting for admission to hospital, broken down by speciality and by health board.

Susan Deacon: The number of patients awaiting hospital admission for in-patient and day case treatment on 30 September 2000, by specialty and by health board area of residence, is provided in the table.

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting for Admission to Hospital for In-Patient and Day Case Treatment on 30 September 2000, by Specialty and by Health Board of Residence

  

 

All Areas 
  

Argyll & Clyde 
  

Ayrshire & Arran 
  

Borders 
  

Dumfries & Galloway 
  



All Specialties 
  

86,540 
  

7,385 
  

7,610 
  

1,468 
  

2,372 
  



Acute Surgical 
  

75,837 
  

6,433 
  

6,561 
  

1,225 
  

2,164 
  



General Surgical (total) 
  

23,569 
  

2,407 
  

2,346 
  

370 
  

727 
  



Accident & Emergency 
  

36 
  

- 
  

35 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Anaesthetics 
  

140 
  

- 
  

- 
  

2 
  

- 
  



Cardiothoracic Surgery (total) 
  

1,165 
  

60 
  

95 
  

17 
  

32 
  



Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 
  

6,812 
  

510 
  

313 
  

150 
  

213 
  



Neurosurgery 
  

389 
  

21 
  

8 
  

5 
  

7 
  



Ophthalmology 
  

9,754 
  

821 
  

909 
  

146 
  

386 
  



Orthopaedics 
  

13,908 
  

1,119 
  

1,132 
  

322 
  

366 
  



Plastic Surgery 
  

5,484 
  

529 
  

287 
  

56 
  

41 
  



Surgical Paediatrics 
  

1,588 
  

130 
  

23 
  

41 
  

18 
  



Urology 
  

8,325 
  

416 
  

1,193 
  

38 
  

144 
  



Gynaecology 
  

4,667 
  

420 
  

220 
  

78 
  

230 
  



Acute Medical 
  

8,388 
  

851 
  

772 
  

180 
  

103 
  



General Medicine 
  

2,960 
  

575 
  

515 
  

154 
  

22 
  



Cardiology 
  

1,801 
  

138 
  

197 
  

15 
  

66 
  



Dermatology 
  

143 
  

82 
  

6 
  

- 
  

8 
  



Endocrinology & Diabetes 
  

21 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Gastroenterology 
  

2,691 
  

2 
  

1 
  

9 
  

3 
  



Homoeopathy 
  

28 
  

2 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Oncology 
  

23 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Paediatrics 
  

135 
  

8 
  

11 
  

- 
  

2 
  



Nephrology 
  

31 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Neurology 
  

413 
  

31 
  

28 
  

2 
  

2 
  



Palliative Medicine 
  

6 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rehabilitation Medicine 
  

32 
  

- 
  

6 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Respiratory Medicine 
  

50 
  

5 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rheumatology 
  

38 
  

3 
  

4 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Haematology 
  

16 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dental 
  

2,112 
  

91 
  

251 
  

57 
  

96 
  



Community Dental Practice 
  

23 
  

4 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Oral Surgery 
  

1,988 
  

81 
  

249 
  

57 
  

96 
  



Oral Medicine 
  

9 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Paediatric Dentistry 
  

92 
  

6 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  



GP other than Obstetrics 
  

28 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Geriatric Medicine 
  

72 
  

5 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Psychiatric 
  

49 
  

4 
  

26 
  

- 
  

- 
  



General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 
  

29 
  

3 
  

26 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Child Psychiatry 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Adolescent Psychiatry 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Psychiatry of Old Age 
  

14 
  

1 
  

-- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Radiology Specialties 
  

54 
  

1 
  

- 
  

6 
  

9 
  



Diagnostic Radiology 
  

2 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Clinical Oncology 
  

52 
  

- 
  

- 
  

6 
  

9 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting for Admission to Hospital for In-Patient and Day Case Treatment on 30 September 2000, by Specialty and by Health Board of Residence

  

 

Fife 
  

Forth Valley 
  

Grampian 
  

Greater Glasgow 
  

Highland 
  



All Specialties 
  

7,542 
  

5,140 
  

9,085 
  

13,684 
  

3,032 
  



Acute Surgical 
  

6,637 
  

4,533 
  

7,308 
  

12,833 
  

2,660 
  



General Surgical (total) 
  

1,966 
  

1,866 
  

2,575 
  

2,856 
  

855 
  



Accident & Emergency 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Anaesthetics 
  

55 
  

9 
  

8 
  

1 
  

2 
  



Cardiothoracic Surgery (total) 
  

71 
  

61 
  

172 
  

157 
  

51 
  



Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 
  

723 
  

221 
  

829 
  

1,581 
  

144 
  



Neurosurgery 
  

34 
  

10 
  

69 
  

37 
  

22 
  



Ophthalmology 
  

594 
  

476 
  

1,125 
  

1,619 
  

390 
  



Orthopaedics 
  

1,171 
  

1,144 
  

913 
  

2,790 
  

588 
  



Plastic Surgery 
  

534 
  

165 
  

416 
  

1,117 
  

150 
  



Surgical Paediatrics 
  

109 
  

26 
  

86 
  

450 
  

5 
  



Urology 
  

879 
  

296 
  

556 
  

1,538 
  

285 
  



Gynaecology 
  

501 
  

259 
  

559 
  

686 
  

168 
  



Acute Medical 
  

496 
  

421 
  

1,435 
  

608 
  

309 
  



General Medicine 
  

38 
  

328 
  

181 
  

29 
  

193 
  



Cardiology 
  

63 
  

65 
  

205 
  

318 
  

242 
  



Dermatology 
  

3 
  

- 
  

12 
  

2 
  

18 
  



Endocrinology & Diabetes 
  

3 
  

- 
  

15 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Gastroenterology 
  

348 
  

16 
  

878 
  

94 
  

5 
  



Homoeopathy 
  

1 
  

1 
  

- 
  

15 
  

2 
  



Medical Oncology 
  

- 
  

1 
  

14 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Paediatrics 
  

5 
  

3 
  

19 
  

28 
  

20 
  



Nephrology 
  

3 
  

3 
  

6 
  

12 
  

- 
  



Neurology 
  

13 
  

3 
  

71 
  

88 
  

32 
  



Palliative Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  

6 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rehabilitation Medicine 
  

5 
  

- 
  

11 
  

- 
  

6 
  



Respiratory Medicine 
  

2 
  

1 
  

10 
  

11 
  

8 
  



Rheumatology 
  

2 
  

- 
  

5 
  

11 
  

- 
  



Haematology 
  

10 
  

- 
  

2 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Dental 
  

384 
  

184 
  

290 
  

243 
  

47 
  



Community Dental Practice 
  

- 
  

- 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Oral Surgery 
  

380 
  

182 
  

289 
  

207 
  

46 
  



Oral Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Paediatric Dentistry 
  

4 
  

2 
  

- 
  

36 
  

1 
  



GP other than Obstetrics 
  

- 
  

- 
  

23 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Geriatric Medicine 
  

14 
  

1 
  

12 
  

- 
  

9 
  



Psychiatric 
  

3 
  

- 
  

3 
  

- 
  

1 
  



General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Child Psychiatry 
  

- 
  

- 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Adolescent Psychiatry 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Psychiatry of Old Age 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Radiology Specialties 
  

8 
  

1 
  

14 
  

- 
  

5 
  



Diagnostic Radiology 
  

- 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Clinical Oncology 
  

8 
  

- 
  

14 
  

- 
  

5 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting for Admission to Hospital for In-Patient and Day Case Treatment on 30 September 2000, by Specialty and by Health Board of Residence

  

 

Lanark-shire 
  

Lothian 
  

Orkney 
  

Shetland 
  

Tayside 
  



All Specialties 
  

9,165 
  

10,075 
  

260 
  

244 
  

8,920 
  



Acute Surgical 
  

8,033 
  

8,611 
  

225 
  

213 
  

7,908 
  



General Surgical (total) 
  

2,501 
  

1,864 
  

60 
  

68 
  

2,893 
  



Accident & Emergency 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Anaesthetics 
  

1 
  

4 
  

1 
  

- 
  

57 
  



Cardiothoracic Surgery (total) 
  

203 
  

150 
  

4 
  

6 
  

79 
  



Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 
  

616 
  

886 
  

34 
  

39 
  

522 
  



Neurosurgery 
  

25 
  

48 
  

3 
  

1 
  

97 
  



Ophthalmology 
  

1,140 
  

1,287 
  

43 
  

20 
  

690 
  



Orthopaedics 
  

1,291 
  

1,851 
  

46 
  

33 
  

1,086 
  



Plastic Surgery 
  

647 
  

527 
  

4 
  

8 
  

991 
  



Surgical Paediatrics 
  

189 
  

394 
  

2 
  

1 
  

113 
  



Urology 
  

828 
  

1,080 
  

6 
  

6 
  

1,045 
  



Gynaecology 
  

592 
  

520 
  

22 
  

31 
  

335 
  



Acute Medical 
  

949 
  

1,284 
  

25 
  

17 
  

891 
  



General Medicine 
  

488 
  

4 
  

6 
  

2 
  

411 
  



Cardiology 
  

364 
  

211 
  

6 
  

3 
  

110 
  



Dermatology 
  

- 
  

5 
  

- 
  

- 
  

3 
  



Endocrinology & Diabetes 
  

- 
  

- 
  

2 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Gastroenterology 
  

15 
  

995 
  

3 
  

4 
  

317 
  



Homoeopathy 
  

3 
  

1 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Oncology 
  

2 
  

3 
  

3 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Paediatrics 
  

8 
  

24 
  

- 
  

2 
  

2 
  



Nephrology 
  

2 
  

- 
  

2 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Neurology 
  

47 
  

41 
  

2 
  

4 
  

43 
  



Palliative Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rehabilitation Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

3 
  



Respiratory Medicine 
  

9 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

2 
  



Rheumatology 
  

11 
  

- 
  

1 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Haematology 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dental 
  

167 
  

165 
  

9 
  

13 
  

97 
  



Community Dental Practice 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

18 
  



Oral Surgery 
  

156 
  

135 
  

9 
  

13 
  

79 
  



Oral Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Paediatric Dentistry 
  

11 
  

30 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



GP other than Obstetrics 
  

4 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Geriatric Medicine 
  

- 
  

7 
  

- 
  

- 
  

24 
  



Psychiatric 
  

12 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Child Psychiatry 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Adolescent Psychiatry 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Psychiatry of Old Age 
  

12 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Radiology Specialties 
  

- 
  

8 
  

1 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Diagnostic Radiology 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Clinical Oncology 
  

- 
  

8 
  

1 
  

1 
  

- 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

  NHSScotland: Number of Patients1 Waiting for Admission to Hospital for In-Patient and Day Case Treatment on 30 September 2000, by Specialty and by Health Board of Residence

  




Western Isles 
  

Others 
  



All Specialties 
  

457 
  

101 
  



Acute Surgical 
  

407 
  

86 
  



General Surgical (total) 
  

186 
  

29 
  



Accident & Emergency 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Anaesthetics 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Cardiothoracic Surgery (total) 
  

4 
  

3 
  



Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) 
  

26 
  

5 
  



Neurosurgery 
  

2 
  

- 
  



Ophthalmology 
  

101 
  

7 
  



Orthopaedics 
  

30 
  

26 
  



Plastic Surgery 
  

3 
  

9 
  



Surgical Paediatrics 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Urology 
  

13 
  

2 
  



Gynaecology 
  

42 
  

4 
  



Acute Medical 
  

40 
  

7 
  



General Medicine 
  

11 
  

3 
  



Cardiology 
  

15 
  

1 
  



Dermatology 
  

4 
  

- 
  



Endocrinology & Diabetes 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Gastroenterology 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Homoeopathy 
  

- 
  

1 
  



Medical Oncology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Medical Paediatrics 
  

3 
  

- 
  



Nephrology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Neurology 
  

5 
  

1 
  



Palliative Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rehabilitation Medicine 
  

1 
  

- 
  



Respiratory Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Rheumatology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Haematology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Dental 
  

10 
  

8 
  



Community Dental Practice 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Oral Surgery 
  

1 
  

8 
  



Oral Medicine 
  

9 
  

- 
  



Paediatric Dentistry 
  

- 
  

- 
  



GP other than Obstetrics 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Geriatric Medicine 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Psychiatric 
  

- 
  

- 
  



General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Child Psychiatry 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Adolescent Psychiatry 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Psychiatry of Old Age 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Radiology Specialties 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Diagnostic Radiology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



Clinical Oncology 
  

- 
  

- 
  



  Notes:

  1. Patients on the In-Patient/Day Case Waiting List (including patients with a guarantee exception code).

Racism

Mr Gil Paterson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to fund programmes aimed at reducing violence against people with disabilities and against people from ethnic minorities.

Iain Gray: We are currently considering the development in Scotland of the RaceActionNet Directory on Racial Harassment. The Directory is designed to provide a range of multi-disciplinary contacts up to date knowledge and new ideas for individuals and organisations committed to combating racial abuse and attacks and to support victims. Additionally, organisations may apply for funding from the Scottish Executive ‘Make Our Communities Safer EChallenge Competition for such programmes. Indeed, we have received several applications in the current round of the competition which aim to tackle racist crime. The Scottish Executive has also committed substantial funding to the Safer Scotland Campaign, which involved all eight Scottish police forces and the British Transport Police in a number of collaborative initiatives to reduce violence in our communities. The campaign, which started in October 2000, has resulted in a considerable reduction in the number of certain types of violent crime compared with the figures for the corresponding period in the previous year.

Roads

Bruce Crawford (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the effect will be on the timetable for construction of the M77 between Malletsheugh and Fenwick if construction of the Glasgow Southern Orbital route does not proceed.

Sarah Boyack: In November 1999, following the Strategic Roads Review, I announced that the construction of the M77 between Fenwick and Malletsheugh could begin in 2002 with completion in 2005. This programme could still apply if the Glasgow Southern Orbital does not proceed.

Transport

Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to change the arrangements on entitlement to concessionary travel.

Sarah Boyack: Yes. I intend to amend existing legislation to equalise eligibility for travel concessions for men in Scotland at the pension age for women.

Water Authorities

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is expected to be collected in water and sewerage charges in 2001-02, broken down between domestic and non-domestic charges and by each water authority.

Mr Sam Galbraith: Income to be collected by each water authority for 2001-02 is expected to be as follows:

  £ million

  

 

West of Scotland Water 
  Authority 
  

East of Scotland Water 
  Authority 
  

North of Scotland Water 
  Authority 
  



Non-domestic 
  

128.7 
  

73.8 
  

84.2 
  



Domestic 
  

206.5 
  

152.9 
  

134.7 
  



Other1


9.5 
  

22.8 
  

12.7 
  



Total 
  

344.7 
  

249.5 
  

231.6 
  



  Notes:

  1. "Other" income related to sundry activities such as charges levied for the emptying of septic tanks, sales of assets etc.

Youth Crime

Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its document It’s a Criminal Waste: Stop Youth Crime Now , whether funding to local authorities has been reallocated to increase resources for criminal justice social work by £0.5 million in order to fund an extension of bail information and supervision schemes, and pilot diversion schemes, to all 16- and 17-year-olds.

Mr Jim Wallace: Local authorities were informed last September of their provisional funding allocations for 2001-02 to allow extension from 18 pilot diversion from prosecution schemes to national coverage. The 16-17 age group was identified as one of four priority groups for the more targeted approach to diversion. Funding decisions in respect of the extension of bail information and supervision schemes will be announced shortly.

Youth Hostels

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive,  further to the answer to question S1W-10756 by Angus MacKay on 13 November 2000, whether it will provide specific details of any representations it has made or intends to make to the Chancellor of the Exchequer or any other UK minister or department regarding extending a reduced rate of VAT to youth hostels in Scotland as applies elsewhere in the EU and what assessment it has made of the effect on tourism that such a reduction might have.

Mr Alasdair Morrison: The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues including taxation and tourism. No assessment has been made on the possible effect on tourism as a result of reducing the rate of VAT paid by youth hostels.